1. |
Out With The Old
02:37
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Out With the Old
(Tani)
I see my burning bridges
My hand burst into flame
I seek the cool, cool water
As my ship sails out of frame
Our bloody lips. Our bleeding heart
Call out the ghosts by name
And check them off some master list
As my ship sails out of frame
Out with the old –In with the new
Out with the old –In with the new
I press against the window
So my skin can feel the view
Out with the old –In with the new
Crack this lacquer box and breath
The blackened scent of sin
From where we swore we’d never tread
Yet found ourselves within
Our jaundiced eye. Our bitten tongue
The blind. The mute. The lame.
What tortures me now calls to you
As my ship sails out of frame
Chorus
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2. |
The Devil In My Ear
03:39
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The Devil in My Ear
(Tani) 2002
There’s a pay phone in the hall
Just like there is on every floor
I hear it ringing through the wall
Then there’s a banging on my door
Somebody yells the call’s for me
And I set down this glass of gin
I’ve got a feeling – Yes siree
Trouble’s calling me again
Ch
She’s pouring honey in my ear
Sweet little lies I love to hear
I’m gonna do things I’ll regret
Gonna give more than I get
And watch my money disappear
My common sense should interfere
But she’s sounding so sincere
I’ll forget what’s right from wrong
When I hear that siren’s song
From the devil in my ear
I check just how much cash I’ve got
To see how much I’m gonna lose
I know it’s all gonna get shot
On shootin’ dice and shots of booze
Why can’t I learn from my mistakes
I’m so sure that I want to
Not when they’re so much fun to make
And I’ve so many left to do
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3. |
Dancing With Devils
04:09
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Dancing with Devils
(Tani)
Goodbye. Goodbye.
I never thought that I
Could love enough
to feel this much pain
We live, we love
and push comes to shove
The sadness just
comes with the terrain
Tattered and torn
My letters lay stillborn
Confessions
Now left unconfessed
and on -the floor
littered with still more
Expressions
Now left unexpressed
The heat rises up
from the dry desert floor
and swirls the dust to the sky
Twisting and turning
my sorrow is burning
and dancing with devils am I
I had -a dream
A crow came to me
Her feathers
as black as the night
"Come now", said she
Her words a melody
We spread our
black wings and took flight
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4. |
Radio City
04:11
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Radio City
(Tani)
This really is nowhere
There’s a red dirt scratch up the mountainside
8 miles long and one car wide
My old Buick at the top
In a gravel parking lot
There’s a 50-foot trailer and a hundred foot mast
A 50 thousand watt clear channel blast
Across six western states
I’m a voice without a face
Graveyard shift –Midnight to six
All night drivers and urban hicks
I’m pullin’ down the feed
But I’m burying the lead
Out in the distance I can see the lights
Dotting the horizon on the clear nights
Are you listening?
We’re taking calls
This is Radio City
Top of the hour –it’s the Lovers Line
But no caller’s had a heart as broke as mine
I whisper in your ear
As if only you can hear
I say things I should have CONTACT _Con-3F392AAC428D \c \s \l said
I go where I feared to tread
But I know that it’s too late
To negotiate
Out in the distance I can see the lights
Dotting the horizon on the clear nights
Are you listening?
We’re taking calls
This is Radio City
I was a fool to flee from love
Don’t know what I was scared of
Look at where I am
This really is nowhere
A million words won’t win you back
A million tears have turned my heart black
Still the words leak from my pen
And the tears start up again
Out in the distance I can see the lights
Dotting the horizon on the clear nights
I hope you’re listening
I wish you’d call
This is Radio City
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5. |
The Ship In The Bottle
03:48
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SHIP IN A BOTTLE
(Ira Marlowe)
Johnny Walker Red Is a blue-talking sailor
All the words he said You’ll apologize later
Drinks from your glass as he climbs up the mast
And points to the gathering stars
That’s where you learn Which way to turn
Jose Cuervo Gold
Is a shipwreck survivor
Left him with the soul -of a mad taxi driver
Run through the light with him.
Stay out all night with him
Crashing the rocks on the waves
Ask your bartender
What to remember
Carry me home to the love that I know
Is waiting for me at the end of the sea
And I’ve packed my belongings and said my goodbyes
The ship in the bottle is ready to ride the waves
Mickey’s Bigmouth Ale
Yeah, we all know what that means
Hoist her tattered sail
Your ocean is wide and green
And served in a barrel, the pride of O’Farrell St.
Pouring you out in the foam
Finally a friend
Finally a home
Carry me home to the love that I know
Is waiting for me at the end of the sea
And I’ve packed my belongings and said my goodbyes
The ship in the bottle is ready to ride the waves
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Doin’ My Part Towards a Broken Heart
(Maurice Tani - Misisipi Mike Wolf)
She’s out of my league – that’s the claim
Still I’m drawn like a moth to a flame
They say it’s doomed right from the start
Still I’m pitchin’ in to do my part
It’s a self-fulfilling failure prophecy
It’s my own grave that I dug
And all she did was give me a little shove
I dove in head over heels
A victim of my own free will
Like all the hearts she broke before mine
Chorus:
I’m doin’ my part towards a broken heart
Setting it up to get blown apart
She’s the Waterloo to my Bonaparte
You won’t say I didn’t try
(When the tears are in my eye)
Look at these numbers – Look at that chart
I’m doin’ my part towards a broken heart
She don’t need my help it’s true
She could knock me down and leave me sad and blue
But I’m always one to do my share
I give my all – it’s only fair
I just wish the heart we broke wasn’t mine
Ch
Like a drunkard on a binge
Who can I blame in the bitter end
Don’t blame the bottle. Don’t blame the booze
It’s my own fate that I choose
No one can claim the blame isn’t mine
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7. |
Is This Gonna Hurt?
03:39
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Is This Gonna Hurt?
(Tani)
This feels so good
It’s so long since I had so much attention
It’s been a while
Since I felt a spark worthy of mention
When you’re alone –you don’t always realize
That you’re lonely –and I’ve been lonely
My heart is on my sleeve –tell me please
Is this gonna hurt?
Chorus
Is this gonna hurt?
I can brace myself a little if I know
Is this gonna hurt?
Though I know that it won’t soften up the blow
I’m not afraid to try at love and lose
But though I try to appear strong – I still bruise
Before we take this any further –let me choose
Is this gonna hurt?
Is this gonna hurt?
Is this gonna hurt?
I watch your eyes
As your lips pronounce each word I long to hear
You flatter me
And your flattery – seems so sincere
But my heart - is telling me there’s aching
on the way – and I turn away
I know I should beware – but I don’t care
This is gonna hurt
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8. |
Poison
03:45
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Poison
(Tani)
It’s winter in my soul
I’m stumbling through the snow
Love’s bitter and it’s cold
And I’ve got no where to go
I know I should push on
But I’ve lost my will to try
There’s a place on up the road
Where I’ll lay right down and die
Feed me poison
But just a little at a time
Let me taste that first sweet kiss
Let me savor the sublime
Give me poison
And I’ll just close my eyes
Let it smother all the pain
Stick it straight into my vein
And say you’ll be mine
I used to wonder who I am
I don’t wonder anymore
The mirror shows a face
That I’ve never seen before
I’ve hidden all my scars
Burned away my fingerprints
Playing in the flames
Destroying evidence
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Oh! Hard Times, Come Again No More
(Stephen Foster)
Let us pause in life's pleasures and count its many tears,
While we all sup sorrow with the poor.
There's a song that will linger forever in our ears,
Oh! Hard times, come again no more.
While we seek mirth and beauty and music light and gay,
There are frail forms fainting at the door.
Though their voices are silent, their pleading looks will say
Oh! hard times, come again no more.
Chorus
'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary,
Hard times, hard times, come again no more.
Many days you have lingered around my cabin door.
Oh Hard times, come again no more
There's a pale drooping maiden who toils her life away
With a worn heart whose better days are o'er.
Though her voice would be merry, 'tis sighing all the day -
Oh! Hard times, come again no more.
Chorus
'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary,
Hard times, hard times, come again no more.
Many days you have lingered around my cabin door.
Oh Hard times, come again no more
'Tis a sigh that is wafted across the troubled wave,
'Tis a wail that is heard upon the shore,
'Tis a dirge that is murmured around the lowly grave
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Oh! Hard times, come again no more.
Chorus
'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary,
Hard times, hard times, come again no more.
Many days you have lingered around my cabin door.
Oh Hard times, come again no more
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10. |
Rain
04:31
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Rain
(Tani)
I've been out walking in the shadow and light
Just like we used to do each Saturday night. I
retrace the path -redo the math
and wish that we could have a full rewrite
I deconstruct the work from preface to end
and all the choices we could never defend.
all I could get -aid and abet
all of the capital I had to spend
Chorus
Rain -Rain is battering the windows
and the room is aglow
as you whisper to me on the radio
Stuck on the tarmac for the redeye flight
Final departure out of Hades tonight
The hours pass -The showers last
I'm lost in limbo lit by runway lights
I check my messages and find some missed calls
2 from one number but no message at all
I can see the -Caller ID
Says it's the pay phone at The Wailing Wall
Chorus
Bridge 1
The sky cracked open since you've been gone
I know it's over -but the storm plays on
Bridge 2
Still the ashes smolder and the embers flare
the ache hangs heavy -heavy in the air
Down at The Wailing Wall they're clearing the bar
I cruise the parking lot and look for your car
I drive til dawn -Maybe you're gone
I get the feeling that you've not gone far
Chorus
Chorus
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11. |
Smile
03:09
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Smile
(Denise Funari)
You asking me “why do you love me?”
You’re wondering what is it I see
If you –see it through my eyes
It would be such a lovely surprise
You would never wonder why again
And see how beautiful you are
and then you’d
Smile
You’re asking if my love is real
You’re wondering how deeply I feel
If you feel you with my heart
You find a priceless work of art
And you’d never feel alone again
You’d know how valuable you are
and then you’d
Smile
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12. |
Color Me Gone
04:18
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Color Me Gone
(Tani)
Take the key to my apartment
- There’s a week left on the rent
The cash that I poured in that pit
- Could not have been worse spent
Take the stereo and records
There’s a the brand new tv set
Take it all for all I care
The hell out is what I get
Chorus
Color me gone – I’m movin’ on
Into the night –Gonna drive ‘til dawn.
I’ve spent my time –I’m overdrawn
I’m in the red –Color me gone
Verse 2
There’s coffee in the cupboard
The fridge still has some beer
If I can’t fit it in the trunk
Well, then it is staying here
There’s two rooms full of memories
But nothing I hold dear
Anything I’ve left is yours
Cuz I’m so out of here
Verse 3
The road tonight is quiet
The horizon beckons me
Two lanes of lonely black top
As far as I can see
There’s a point out in the distance
That’s where I’m headed to
Doesn’t matter where it is
The change is overdue
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13. |
I Need You
02:22
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I Need You
(George Harrison)
You don't realize how much I need you.
Love you all the time and never leave you.
Please come on back to me. I'm lonely as can be
I need you.
Said you had a thing or two to tell me.
How was I to know, you would upset me.
I didn't realize, as I looked in your eyes.
You told me.
Oh, yes you told me, you don't want my loving anymore.
That's when it hurt me, and feeling like this,
I just can't go on anymore.
Please remember how I feel about you
I could never really live without you.
So come on back and see. Just what you mean to me.
I need you. I need you. I need you.
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Maurice Tani San Francisco, California
Maurice Tani is a "supercalifornigraphic" singer-songwriter known for his wry/rye-to-romantic songwriting, agile guitar style and expressive singing. His band, Maurice Tani & 77 El Deora has been the source of untold, but exquisite suffering for over 20 years. Tani now has 8 albums to his credit. The latest is “All In!” recorded at Greaseland USA with an all-star cast of Little Village artists. ... more
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